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    Too Fast to Troll

    My Friend has a 22' Criscraft CC straight inboard. 200 HP engine 13X13 prop. Boat wieghs about 3300 lbs. Boat moves too fast when trolling to pull tube and worm. He is running at about 5 mph, needs to get down below 3. Any suggestions on repropping?
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    In water for the winter

    My son bought a boat that will need to stay in the water (salt) this winter. We both know very little about I/Os. How do you winterize an I/O that will be in the water during the freezing weather? Thanks
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    More tire stuff

    I am replacing some really old tires. Size 6.50 x 13. Does anyone know the conversion to new tire size. Thanks
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    98 rude 15hp 4 stroke

    Runs for 20min to an hour and then cuts out. Doesn't seem to be over heating but it will restart after an hour or so. Any thoughts? I am familiar with the compression, spark and fuel routine with a 2 strke but 4 strokes are new to me. thanks in advance
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    Can I splice it?

    Drove a screw through my FF transducer wire! Can I splice it and still have it work?
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    2002 df140

    Considering replacing my dead Merc175 (may it rest in pieces) with 2002 Df140. Can anyone comment on this engine? Are there any particular things i should be looking at?
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    Dt140 2001

    Thinking of buying a 2001 DT140. Can anyone comment on performance and reliability? Any thing in particular to be aware of? Thanks
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    Broken 175

    It's a 1986 175 hp. Running along today at about 3500 RPM -no obvious problem. It gives a couple of shakes and rattles and dies. Frozen. Can turn the crank with a wrench about 1/4 turn in either direction and then a clank and no further. Going to pull the power head, crack the case a see what's...
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    87 V6 slow running

    This is a minor pain but a pain nonetheless. In gear at about 800 RPM, runs fine. Above 1200, runs fine. In between at a medium trolling speed, rpms drop and it stalls. Takes a couple of attempts to restart. Fuel pump, carbs?
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    Losing power

    1986 175hp merc v6<br /><br />Runs fine except: engine warm, turn off for a few minutes and restart. Runs for 30 secs and then dies. Restart and off I go.
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    Is it the switch box?

    1986 v6 175hp serial OB209907<br /><br />Good spark cylinders 1,3,5 right side<br /><br />No spark cylinders 2,4,6 left side<br /><br />Is it the switch box?
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    Steering problem

    Today noticed hard steering to port. Then no steering to port. Steered fine to starboard. Somehow managed to make my way across Boston Harbor today by using the wheeel to steer starboard and the wind to blow me to port. Even managed to avoid an LNG tanker and numerous ferries and managed to pick...
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    Wierd stalling

    1986 175 HP v6<br /><br />OK, who can explain this? I'm having a stalling problem. Not a very serious problem but a real irritating one.<br /><br />I'll give you a typical example. Start the engine -no problem. Run the one mile to the fuel dock -no problem. Turn the engine off, fill up and...
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    Installing water pump impeller

    '87 175hp v6<br /><br />I'm about to put in a new pump impeller. i have manual but am a little confused about reinstalling the gear housing. As I read it-<br /><br />To remove: Shift engine into neutral and remove gear housing. OK got that!<br /><br />To install: "Shift gear housing into forward...
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    Low speed stalling

    1987 175 v6 carbs<br /><br />Engine has been running great until the other day. Filled up at fuel dock and within 10 minutes started to have a problem. Had to pass through a big no wake zone so was at near idle for about 10 minutes. Engine died but restarted fine, ran good at higher speed, and...
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    1987 175hp temp@wot

    Good pee stream and runs at about 150-160 degrees (temp gauge reading the metal of head). At WOT (5000 -5500 rpm) temp rises to 180 - 190. Is this OK?
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    Oil injection - worth the work?

    I'm rebuilding my '87 175hp v6. The oil pump gear is pretty well chewed up. Is it worth replacing or should I pull the pump and go to premix?
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    V6 175HP 1987 rebuild

    I'm rebuilding my 87 V6. Problems all started with a bad head gasket and things went down hill from there.I'm pulling it apart to find the source of some pretty bad noises. Sounded like metal banging on metal (loud knock). I've opened the top of the engine and it looks pretty good except for one...
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    Scoring

    What exactly does scoring look like. A couple of my cylinders have darker lines on them but they feel smooth and you can't feel them when you run a fingernail over them. One has a line that you can just feel with your nail.<br /><br />Thanks
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    Checking compression

    Have pulled the power head from my 1987 175hp V6 OB. It's sitting on my work bench. How do i check compression without reattaching the power head to OB.<br /><br />Thanks
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